Human Recycling/Destruction ( Archived) (2)

Human beings are the only living thing on earth which buries or burns its dead. No other animal that travels over land, flies through the air, or swims the sea does this. They leave them where they died and others eat them or they rot and are consumed by fungi. In this way the molecules that the animal "borrowed" from the earth is refunded to the earth to be used again by others.
When Humans cremate (incinerate) the dead members of their species, all the complex molecules they contained are broken down to simple carbon dioxide and inert ash. When they are buried, the return route to the biosphere is impeded by 6 feet of earth or in many cases, completely blocked by concrete.
The only natural and benefitial form of dealing with dead humans is done by people of Tibet. Considered backward by modern populations, it is known as "Sky Burial".

Sky Burial, while it probably would make the average westerner nausiated to think of their loved ones being cut up and fed to vultures Would at least preserve the complex molecules that make up the body, and make them available to other life forms like vegetation and ultimately new humans. While I can't see this form of funerary procedure migrating to the West, I do see a possibility of it being adopted in less developed countries.
The thought of either being buried 6 feet underground or consumed in an incenerator is not something I like to dwell on, having parts of me being carried aloft on the wings of a giant bird, however, is a much more pleasant thought. Of course, the thought of falling 3000 feet to the ground when he's done with me might be fun, sort of like sky diving without a parachute. A bonus would be if I landed on somebodies head. It could be like my final goodbye gesture.